Prof Jayanta Bandyopadhyay

Dams on Himalayan rivers: How good is the science?

This article highlights the recent plans of the central and state governments of constructing a large number of dams on Himalayan rivers.

Posted on 08 Jun, 2010 05:38 PM

This brief article by Prof Jayanta Bandyopadhyay in the May 16-31 2010 issue of Business Economics magazine, highlights the recent plans of the central and state goverments of constructing a large number of dams on Himalayan rivers. Environmentalists continue to consistently argue against the construction of dams that are built without respect for ecological sciences and warn that this could lead to increase in disasters in the fragile Himalayan region.

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